DESCRIPTION

This module's default exports override the core getnetbyname() and getnetbyaddr() functions, replacing them with versions that return "Net::netent" objects. This object has methods that return the similarly named structure field name from the C's netent structure from netdb.h; namely name, aliases, addrtype, and net. The aliases method returns an array reference, the rest scalars.

You may also import all the structure fields directly into your namespace as regular variables using the :FIELDS import tag. (Note that this still overrides your core functions.) Access these fields as variables named with a preceding n_. Thus, $net_obj->name() corresponds to $n_name if you import the fields. Array references are available as regular array variables, so for example @{ $net_obj->aliases() } would be simply @n_aliases.

The getnet() function is a simple front-end that forwards a numeric argument to getnetbyaddr(), and the rest to getnetbyname().

To access this functionality without the core overrides, pass the use an empty import list, and then access function functions with their full qualified names. On the other hand, the built-ins are still available via the CORE:: pseudo-package.

EXAMPLES

The getnet() functions do this in the Perl core:

sv_setiv(sv, (I32)nent->n_net);

The gethost() functions do this in the Perl core:

sv_setpvn(sv, hent->h_addr, len);

That means that the address comes back in binary for the host functions, and as a regular perl integer for the net ones. This seems a bug, but here's how to deal with it: